It's quite easy to avoid the major brands in the US, with new micro-breweries popping up all the time. Colorado beer is amazing--there are so many good breweries in the eastern part of the state. Pilsner is my favorite kind of beer, but it's hard to find an authentic one in the US (KC's Boulevard Pilsner is not even close). Even if it is SABMiller, I'd go for a Peroni any time, but the only one I can get is Nastro Azurro (which is equivalently disgusting as a Rolling Rock as far as I can tell). I am currently serving a Belgian golden ale I brewed a month ago. Everything seemed to go wrong--for example, the mash got too hot, the gruit was badly prepared, and I came up 2L short on volume during bottling. Still, it turned out to be very tasty, but not perfect. I will have to brew again next month to get it just right. Duvel costs about $6 a bottle here. I had one last week, it was almost worth it. As for coding--well, I don't know. Seems I should spend less time brewing. My preference would be to spend less time working, but we all know how that goes :)